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May 11th 1948 Corvallis - clear, calm + warm = 7 a.m.
Evening grosbeaks well-scattered.
Canada Goose - 4 flew N, high, at noon.
Bullock Oriole - 1 in elm on lower campus 7 a.m.
Pileolated Warblers = 10-15 in 2 neighboring apple trees. 875
Gt. back goldfinches = few
Willow goldfinches = common in field next to 410 N. 8/6th.
May 14, 1948 - Chas. Entress found 2 Seattle wrens near Camp Adams in D. Fir at 35'-40'. One for food.
May 15, 1948, Corvallis, OSC Campus, and Avery Park 0540-0645, -Ovc/ calm, cool
Valley Quail
Pheasants
Purple Pheasant & on nest at 6 1/2 a.m.
Mourning dove
Flickers
Little Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Violet-green Swallows Seattle Wren 876
Robins
Russet-backed Thrush
Cassin Vireos calling
Warbling Vireos
Lutescent Warblers
Yellow Warblers
MacGillivray's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warblers
Pileolated Warblers
English Sparrow
Meadowlarks
Western Tanagers - dozens in firs, mostly males. One F seen yesterday
Evening Grosbeaks common
Purple Finch
Pine Siskins everywhere in Avery Park and on the campus
Willow Goldfinches
Oregon Towhees
Oregon Juncos - young birds already out of the nest
Chipping Sparrows
Song Sparrows.
28 species
May 15, 1948, 1-5 p.m. 410 N. 16th St. Corvallis, -Ovc/ calm, warm.
While sitting in the backyard during this period I observed the following
species in the air, shrubbery, or either of 2 apple trees:
Redtail Hawk Rufous Hummingbird Gairdner Woodpecker Little Flycatcher
Violet-gr. Swallow Oregon Chickadee Seattle Wren Robin Western Bluebird
Cassin's Vireo Warbling Vireo Lutescent Warbler Yellow Warbler
Pileolated Warbler English Sparrow Brewer Blackbird Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak, Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskins Willow Goldfinch
Green-backed Goldfinch Oregon Towhee Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow
and Song Sparrow: 27 species 876